Tell me how the cow jumped over the moon, how the little lady lived in a shoe
How Jack on a beanstalk climbed through the sky, then I'll start believing in you
Tell me how Jack Horner got a plum from his thumb, and how Humpty Dumpty fell
I'm a lot more able to believe in a fable than all the other stories you tell
You said your diamond ring was just an incidental thing, that you got it at a Stanley party
Stanley must be quite a guy, had his party sure run high, the price tag read 1,040
Tell me Cinderella, did you get your fella just by losing your shoe
When I've got the time to believe in nursery rhymes, then I'll start believing in you
There were stories galore in fairy tale lore, like the farmer who lived in the hill
There's the island pussycat, the one about Jack Sprat, that I'd much rather hear you tell
There's the turtle and the hare, the preacher and the bear, and the one about the little boy blue
If I can do no worse than nursery rhyme verse, then I'll start believing in you
You tipsied in the other day, said you'd been to the PTA, had your swimsuit and an olive you were eating
Now they don't wear bikinis or hand out martinis, down at the schoolhouse meets
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, just any old fairy tale will do
When I believe there's truth in old Mother Goose, then I'll start believing in you